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Criminal Law : ACCA –  Violent Felony –  Arizona Conviction

Stephanie Maniscalco//March 16, 2018//

Criminal Law : ACCA –  Violent Felony –  Arizona Conviction

Stephanie Maniscalco//March 16, 2018//

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Where a defendant challenged his status as an armed career criminal, the judgment is affirmed because his 1974 Arizona conviction for exhibiting a deadly weapon qualified as a predicate offense under the force clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act.

Judgment is affirmed.

Boaz v. U.S. (MLW No. 71463/Case No. 16-4127 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Whipple, J. (Daniel Goldberg, Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant) (James Kelleher, Springfield, for appellee).

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